Ink-well stand.



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INK WELL STAND.

(Application Med. Jul. 24, 1899.)

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. UNITE STATE PATENT OFFICE.

ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, OF HOBOKEN,NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO WILLIAM SCHIMPER &00., OF SAME PLACE.

INK-WELL STAND.

srncrrrcnrrron forming part of Letters Patent No. 629,088, dated July18, 1899. Application filed January 24,1899. Serial No. 703,230. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ERNEST OLDENBUSCH, a citizen of the United States,and aresident of Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey,-have invented a new and useful Improvement in Ink-Well Stands,

'of which the following is a specification.

ink-well and snugly retaining the same in'its position.

A practical embodiment of my inventionis represented in the accompanyingdrawings,

in which I I Figure 1 representsone form of my improved stand inconnection with an ink-well and a tray. Fig. 2 is a topplan view of thesame. in the plane of the line 3 3 of Fig. 1. is a view in sideelevationof a modified form of stand, and Fig. 5 is a vertical central-sec- Fig.3 is a vertical transverse section Proceeding to describe the form shownin Figs. 1 to 3, inclusive, the ink-well is denoted by A, which well maybe of any desired shape,

the one represented herein being shown as substantially square inhorizontal section. The stand as a whole is denoted by B, and the trayto which it is attached is denoted-by C. The stand Bis hereinrepresented as bein g formedfrom a single piece of sheet metal, certainportionsthereof being struck up to form four double-walledspring-clips.The inner. walls b of the clips project upwardly and inwardly from theseat I), and the outer walls 12 of the clips project inwardly and up-.

wardly from the outer wall or base 5 of the stand. The stand may besecured to the tray Oby lugs 5 projecting from the base b of the stand,which lugs pass through slits in the top of the tray and are thenclamped in position.

In the form shown in Figs. 4: and 5 the seat portion and the inner wallsof the springclips are formed of a single piece of sheet metal, whilethe base and the outer walls of the clips are formed of a second pieceof sheet metal. The seat portion in these figures is den0ted-by b andthe inner-walls of the spring-clips by b. The outer walls 6 of the Fig.4.

clips form continuations of the base 17 of the stand in this formwithout forming an angle,

as represented in the form shown in Figs. 1. v

to 3, inclusive. a I

The lips formed by the junction of the in her and outer walls of thespring-clips in the form shown in Figs. 1 .to 3, inclusive, are

rounded, and the upper ends of the inner walls of the clips shown inFigs-'4. and 5 are 'fiared outwardly, so, as to insure the readyinsertion of the ink-well into its seat in the stand. These spring-clipsnormally contract the space within which the ink-well is to .beinserted, and because of the double walls of the clips they are enabledto embrace the walls of the ink-well so firmly as to absolutely preventthe unintentional removalof the inkwell under all conditions.

While I have shown the, stand in the accompanying drawings as havingfour of these spring'clips, it is evident that a greater or less numbermay be used to suit ink-well shapes.

It is evident that slight changes might be resorted to intheconstruction and arrangeink-well, the inner walls of the clipsforming extensions of the said seat and the outer walls of the clipsforming extensions of the said base, substantially as set forth.

2. An ink-well stand consisting of a single piece of sheet metaldeveloped to form a base, a seat and double-walled spring-clips, the in-.ner walls of which form extensions of the seat'andjthe outer walls ofwhich form extensions of the base, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoingas my invention I have signed myname, in presence of two witnesses, this 14th day of January, 1899.

ERNEST oLDENeUscn.

Witnesses FBEDK. HAYNES, EDWARD Vrnsnn.

